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Show I PLATFORM PRESENTED TO S. F. CONVENTION Wets and Drys Open Fight on Floor I Struggle Begun When I Bryan Submits Report I Urging Bone-Dry Plank I ScRator Carter Glass Reads Lengthy PlatforRi Which Is Punctuated by Applause; ScctioR Urging Suffrage Brings Demonstration Lasting 13 Minutes; Fireworks Looked for in Prohibi tion Struggle Text ef Democrat c platform will be found on msidc pages of this issue. U DITORIUM, SAN FRANCISCO, iulv 2 The baitlc gt the wets and drys -ot tinder way in the Democratic national convention this afternoon enon after the platform had been read without making mention ol a prohibition pro-hibition plank and V J Bryan was recognized lo offer a bone dry'" plank as a minonly report. ... ... . . . 5 'M Mr Bryan presented his own five planks and prohibition plank by 1 former CongTeeaman Hobscn and then Y Bourke Cockran of New York, took the platform to present anothei minority report, Mi Cockran presented a substitute tor Mr. Rrvqn'.- prombmon plank and declared thai Mr Bryan having presented theNiuestion of prohibition ''thank heaven ihe convention can no longer dodge it. ' The plank which Mr. Cockran presented while declaring tor the validity or the prohibition amendment also declared tor the "manufacture of home .urm.mmion ..nl . of ci.br. light v..n-s and beer " The convention greeted the reading ol 'hat phrase with n mighty shout ,nd prolonged cheers, it iH rpSe,-vHd the .states the righl to fix alcoholic content. iH E I Doheny ol California presented minority report on ihe Irish qucs tion i'r posing plank providing for the recognition of the Irish republic On motion 0! Senator Glass, thi debate was limited to three hours and thirty minute on a su-pension of the rules Chairman Robinson recognized Bryan for one hour and the real light started off. Mr Bryan came to lho convention hall prepared to otfer five planks as minority report! His dry plank WSJ the same as the one he announced on hi arrival m San Francisco las- week In another plank he renewed hta right for aatldnal bulletin tp be published by the federal gowrnmenl. He ; also had a profiteering plank proposing the elimination pf neotejjry jmWj die men;' and to ..-pure disclosure ... cod and selling prices am I to tflH mend creation within the Ma.es 01 commissions similar to ihe rederal trade commission Knotlw erj bmerei, w'?1' sal com-hur?orrmnitarv lr:..n'nc in Mme of p.ce H,s rreatj plank wa I also the same a the one he previously has announced iH NUGENT HAS WET PLANK James R, Nugent or New Jersey, was read with a wet plank. Mr. Frvan and .Mr tfugenl discussed the order of their recognition with chairman chair-man Robinson, auu'ii was arranged thai after the platform has been placed bek.re th. convention Nugeni would flrsl offer bis wel plank as an amend-mem amend-mem ami thai Mr. Bryan would offer his drj Plank aa s substitute. m Another mWorlt) report, dekling with soldier relief, was ready to be presented by Tom D Ly,oi Oklahoma, it mad no mention of a bonus but declared for a system o. farm and home loan, 11161 what form the flght of ihe Irish Sympathiiers for ihelr recognition plank would take had not H Despite he trouble thai was brewing behind the scenes, the delegates themselyee seemed good natured as thev gathered en ihe convention floor. They riled In Joking and laughing as ihey asked cue .mother what the nre works were going to be hkr Ten fifteen o'clock saw most of the delegates assembled but on tho plat form there was not a sign of the convention omcials They stayed in the m l, k-m.md uorki:v out de.aiN -1 l-rocodur. "..'1. ihe opposing leader.. WANT TO LIMIT DEBATE One of the plans under consideration in the ba.K stage conference of Leaders was R suggestion thai all debate on the platforn be limited 10 three hours and thai balloting tor a presidential 1 indldate should follow its .conj elusion There was some objection, however, and the consultation continued iSSBBBBj Without immediate fruit At 10 21 Chairman Robinson, Senatoi Glass and Mi Bryan appeared to- ,( aether on ihe platform and there was a scattered patter of applause. Some fH cheers for Bryan followed rrom corners of the galler.es and there were -a ot of impatient demands that the convention gel under way. Let s go. lets . the crowd called. The band quieted ii bj striking up Over rhere pparenth th plan of procedure had not yet be-n completed and ben;.-to,- Robinson and the others on the platform gathered n a little circle and pui their heads together, while the impai.em, ..1 .he thousands gathered in the hall broke out again in loud demands fol at lion. 1 io 35 Senatoi Robinson pounded lor order nd the hall quieted do.vn Te-yThVrrayer was bv Rev. Josiah Sibley of San Francisco. Amid cheers Senator Robinson presented Senatoi Glass and the reading of the platrorm H 1 .eleaies and galleries listened attentively and interrupted ihe opening sbbbbbbb references to Presidenl Wilson with hand clapping At the point where th 1 , platform declares for thi league oJ nations Senator Glass put the emphasis IJ on the word th and the convention BtOOd up and cheered tor a minute. BBBBBH Senator Class began reading at the rate Of flftysix words a minut. n,e plain. mi e.,c.-e.b r.n.m woui.- Withoul Interruptions tot applause 01 .1 Bsneclalb appreciated passages the reading would continue an hour and rortv minutes The advance estimate of time likely lo be required for the j actual presentation Of ihe committees majority report was Bomething more Isbbbbb than two hours. DEMONSTRATION FOR TREAT V When the direct declaration Rr ratification or the treaty was reached jH in the reading there Was another demonstration, about hair the delegates again getting to 'hew feel and cheering the words or the platform. When he finished the league plank, Senator Class departed from his manuscript to say: . "So much for the league of nations, and my voice, I regret, to sa.v, is tin- bbbbbbbi pnired trom fighting tor that declaration." "llo- remark was answered bv applause from some or tho delegates and spectators. I Nearly every plank got a little rise of applause v hen H was read but 1 the declarations In ihe platform were not news to many of the delegates land for the mosl pan. ihev became restless h. tore ihe reading was half com-Ipleted. com-Ipleted. The monotony of tho proceeding apparently WUS too lame for them and they showed in many ways that they wore anxious tor the floor right lo begin IT'S HOT JOB," GLASS DECLARES Senator Glass worked bard at the reading and paused many times to (ripe tho perspiraiion from hia face. I "It's a hot ob," he remarked just after he had read the agricultural , P'dn"It's a hot job." he remarked just after he had read the agricultural ter and cheering. So far the convention was going smoothly enough. One of the biggest demonstrations was given the suffrage plank, calling ) on the legislatures of three southern Democratic states to ratify the suffrage 0 j amendment led by ihe women delegates virtually every one on the convention con-vention floor got to their fed and cheered, while the standards of Tennessee, l-'lorida and North Carolina, the three states specirically named in the appeal for ratUicaiion. were carried to the speaker's stand and held high up before Ihe deli-gales. BAND PLAYS "BEAUTIFUL DOLL" Soon nearly every other standard was brought up and put Into the cluster clus-ter while ihe band played, Oh, ou Beautiful Doll." There was a disagreement over both the New Jersey and Louisiana standards but after a littlo shoving and tussling both or them were carried out to place and put with the others up in front. Mrs John Sherwin Crosby of New York, got the Louisana standard started start-ed forward over the protest of some of the Louisiana delegates but after she (Continued on pac eight.) wii 'if r1 ifanan i mi fralfii w WfTiriiBiHwriVwTlWiHw HH p&ii I I STRUGGLE BEGUN WHEN BRYAN SUBMITS REPORT URGING BONE-DRY PLANK (Continued From Pace one 1 bad carried it a little way a man look it and pui it mio place with the big assemblage around ir' platlonu A parade In which practically all of the standards joined was organized when the demonstration had been going on fic minute- The marchers trampled around the hall to the tune oi Thr.'ll TV .1 Ho- Tim. n tin- Obi Town Tonlcht " and then the organ dropped Into "Smiles" and most of those on the floor took up the word- u the -np It wa." a thirteen minute di im.nMi a 1 1 m When order had been restored Senator ,las? aguin took up the reading There was some more hurrahing, a few minutes later when Senator Glass, at the end of the long list of things the party proposed to do foi women, said In another aside to those nir the p)utfi..i.i. "If we have omitted anything, we man that, too." "I'll have to read It In my own brogue," said Chairman Class when he reached the Irish plank, to the accompaniment of a roar of applause and cheers. ANOTHER WAVE OF APPLAUSE When the applause had died down he added "That's the American brogue." There was another wave of applause to that. The plank merely expressed smpalhy for the aspirations of Ireland tor self go eminent, made no mention of recognition of the Irish republic and was read and passed without any great demonstration ot approval or disapproval. Shouts of ' Okc-h" and "Good" answered the reading of the plank on Armenia. Then when Chairman Glass struck some of the routine planks he hurried hur-ried over them like a congressional reading clerk disposing of a president's message 'three lines at a time. The audience caught ine humor of the burst of speed Hnd returned with shouts of "Go to It," and More speed." as the chairman tumbled the sentences oer one another The reading of the platform was concluded at 1J 47, two hours anu seven minutes after It began At the concluding words the band started up again and the delegates stood and cut louse with another crash of applause. Then there a ere some more cries for Bran and clamoring for the fight over adoption to begin BRYAN BOUNCES FROM CHAIR Senator Glass mocd that the platform be adopted as read and YV J. Bryan bounced out of his chair on the platform to begin bis fight for his minority planks He wa Kn ted with a minui of theirinc in whl'h ery lew delegates took prominent pari, opening his speecn diplomatically with praise for the platform he declared It one of the strongest ever adopted by a political part He added that whatever differ nee of opinion there had been in the platform committee had hcn over the means and not the 1 nd to be accomplished, but It was one of the prerogatives of a Democrat 10 sneal. his own lews. ' I am glad lo com to you and nay I that I um ready to endorae almost all that is written there," he continued, j and an uproar of approval and dls-I dls-I approval gieeted Ms word ".l..ke it alL make u all," yelled several of H the an was re- loll d to I plank before the discussion of any I of them could cbgln. The bonedry I proposition he presented first n1 I then followed tho declarations ro had I drafted f.j; publh itlcm ! , i I mrt bulletin, for dealing with prufi-I prufi-I teors and to ui the party on I as opposing compulsorv training In times of I" ici tt'hcn ha came to the last of his fle HJ parks which deall with the leK'- ' I r;iHon-, Mi Bryan prefaced Its read-I read-I Inc bv - hg that nothing contained I lr. It wt Intended to conflli t with tfr tnajorit pi a form's woi.lv , r 1 forth-- president T hi lir mid I . rlKht to xped ' considering the I circumstances with which lh preal-deot preal-deot had to deal. I Itmilln' of I 'tank Interrupted. B Some "noes" Interrupted the read- l ing or the Uryan league plank, but Its l provisions also got some applause. H It demanded un amendment to the coQfetttutlon II bya majority ote of the j When Mr. finished reading Hi hla planks he aat down nnd W Ilotirk I 1 M-kran. of New York, another I rrno of many Democratic convootlona, I tvai recognized to also present a niin- HJ o: sty report He "aid Mi Bn in bad HJ hat 1 1 late in hi d-- I th3afforta of the platform committee I to v. i ite 11 great platform H Codtrata'e inlnorU- wag u wet I 1 iflji It told the convention that H I couimlttec's report stand, ho doubted I whether the et would h.vo raised thv question. t ho S lnirer I)kL;i II." "But Mr. llryan und evasion are Irreconcilable Ir-reconcilable within tho Mini' hall." he added, "and now thut the Issue has tn en ialsd thnnk ioA the colivcn-tlon colivcn-tlon ran no longer dodge It." A roar of cheering greeted the Ian- I guage of tho plank which declared for! Imaaufsvoiura and heme consumption j jot elder, light wines and heer lust as the reading was finished someone 'upset a glass of water on the speaker's I table and It went down tho neck of" the official stenographer. "Edward U Doheny of California.' I was tho next to hnng in a ioinuiii plank. |